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Edith Evans
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Evans, Edith 

Born Feb. 8, 1888, in London; died Oct. 14, 1976, in Cranbrook, Kent. British actress. Evans made her stage debut in 1912. She played in London, including the Old Vic Theatre (from 1925 with interruptions), as well as in Stratford-upon-Avon and in New York City. Among her roles were Mrs. Millamant and Lady Wishfort in Congreve’s The Way of the World, Lady Utterwood in Shaw’s Heartbreak House, Mrs. Malaprop in Sheridan’s The Rivals, the Nurse in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Ranevskaia in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, Arkadina in Chekhov’s The Seagull, and Katerina Ivanovna in Crime and Punishment (based on Dostoevsky). Evans also acted in motion pictures. In 1958 she visited the USSR.

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Trewin, J. C. Edith Evans, London [1954].
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By the time legendary Dame Edith Evans, 80, practically got knocked to the ground by a gang of La-La’s hungriest paparazzi (“You wanna snap her?
Oscar and Me by Rex Reed / The New York Observer
Which reminds me, I'll never forget the story Oliver Reed, who sadly drank himself to death some years back, told me about the time Fred Trueman bowled to Dame Edith Evans and Nelson Mandela with a ferret down his trousers, while Bing Crosby and Princess Anne sang the national anthem to Richard Burton, who also drank himself to death.
Parky, My Autobiography by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Should she go for the rounded classic consternation evinced so wonderfully by Dame Edith Evans both on stage and in the 1952 film - and invite the almost inevitably unfavourable comparison - or make it totally different and in effect throw it away?
Patricia bags star role in Wilde classic; Amateur Stage by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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